Because crumbling sewage lines are a problem all across Baltimore City, the mayor announced Tuesday a program in which the city will use mini video cameras to inspect sewage lines.

Because crumbling sewage lines are a problem all across Baltimore City, the mayor announced Tuesday a program in which the city will use mini video cameras to inspect sewage lines.

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Updated: 5:25 PM EDT Jul 29, 2014

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WEBVTT WILL BE WITH THE FORECAST COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. IF YOU USE A RESTROOM IN BALTIMORE CITY, WHETHER IT IS AT WORK OR HOME, THE NEXT STORY AFFECTS YOU. THE CITY IS GETTING AHEAD OF BACKED UP SEWER LINES, LAUNCHING A PROACTIVE PROGRAM TO REPAIR OR REPLACE SEWER CONNECTION LINES. ROB ROBLIN HAS THE DETAILS. THE PROGRAM WILL BEGIN HERE IN THE ISLAND WOULD COMMUNITY WHERE THEY HAVE HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT SEWER BACKUPS. THE RUBES FROM THE TREES WERE -- THE RICHMOND THE TREES WERE BACKED UP. TROY IS ONE OF MANY THAT HAVE HAD SEWAGE PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF OLD PIPES. SU WHICH WOULD BACK UP IN THE BASEMENT. -- SEWAGE WOULD BACK UP IN THE BASEMENT. WHAT DO THEY TELL YOU THE PROBLEM WAS? IT WAS OLD, IT JUST NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BECAUSE CRUMBLING SEWAGE LINES ARE A PROBLEM ACROSS THE CITY THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED A PROGRAM WHERE THE CITY WILL USE M INI TV CAMERAS TO INSPECT SEWAGE LINES. LIKE SCREWS WILL USE CAMERAS. IF REPAIRS ARE NECESSARY THEY WILL BE DONE. THE CITY WILL NOTIFY HOMEOWNERS BUT OF PROBLEM IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY OR THE CITY'S. THE CITY WILL SEND PROPERTY OWNERS A LETTER DETAILING PROBLEMS. RESIDENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SEWER BACKUPS SINCE 2008 AND EXPECT LETTERS FROM THE CITY SHORTLY.

City to use video cameras to inspect sewage lines

Because crumbling sewage lines are a problem all across Baltimore City, the mayor announced Tuesday a program in which the city will use mini video cameras to inspect sewage lines.